Business Strategy Consulting Services
Set your stage for future growth in alternative foods & materials
Business Modelling & Cases
Make or Buy Analysis
Go-to-Market Assessments
Example Projects
Market entry assessment of specialty ingredients company in fermtech. market
Project approach
Collaborative project setting with 2 team members from client and SMC team consisting of 1 senior project manager, 2 consultants as well as 23 experts to be involved on numerous expert calls & workshops. Project is structured in 4 phases building upon each other from initial market attractiveness assessment to step-by-step plan on market entry.
Results
Close involvement of client as part of core team via collaborative approach. Final deliverable is a document summarizing market attractiveness assessment, capabilities analysis, market positioning definition (e.g., pricing, channels, products) and step-by-step plan on market entry per country, segment and product category. Further, we include analysis details (incl. expert interviews, Bioshyft platform data, & more) as data sources for verification.
Plant-based foods business plan verification for milling company
Project approach
Outside-in project setting with 6 team members from client and SMC team consisting of 2 senior project manager, 3 consultants as well as 34 experts to be involved on numerous expert calls & workshops. Project is structured in 4 phases building upon each other from data / information gathering / verification to final recommendation on business plan.
Results
We work independently in an outside-in approach and with selected alignment & guidance calls together with our client. Final deliverable is a document summarizing the business plan verification to justify a bank loan incl. check of market analysis, competitor assessment, business case calculations, production ramp-up plans, quantitative & qualitative risk assessment & selected deep-dive assessments. Further, we include analysis details (incl. expert interviews, Bioshyft platform data, & more) as data sources for verification.
Interim Commercial Management for Precision Fermentation Startup
Project approach
1 senior project manager works as interim chief commercial officer for a precision fermentation startup to bridge the gap until a full-time chief commercial officer starts. The work is completed over a time horizon of several weeks up to several months. The interim chief commercial officer works on all key business-related tasks.
Results
Close involvement of senior project manager as part of startup leadership team. Interim chief commercial officer manages all business-related activities such as strategy development, sales discussions with potential B2B customers, funding round preparation, engineering-based cost forecasting, business plan development, liquidity and burn rate planning, pitch deck preparation, and HR management. The work is performed in hybrid setting with combination of on-site workshops and remote work.
How can we help you?
Schedule a meeting with our Managing Partner Gerrit Feuerriegel or send us a message.